If you were developing shareware softwares for windows, would you target the .Net Framework or use n
- by bohoo
For the sake of the question, by 'shareware' I mean a software which is relatively
small in size (up to few dozens of mb) and available for download and evaluation
through a web site.
I'm asking this question, because I don't understand something regarding the current
state of windows commercial desktop development. It seems to me that:
There is no reliable statistic regarding the extent of windows systems with
.Net Framework installed.
It makes no sense to force the end user to install the 20-60mb .Net for
an application which may be smaller.
Applications conforms to the term 'shareware' above have a big share on the
win os market. Much of them don't need the capabilities of low level languages like c++,
and therefore ideally they should be developed with a RAD enviroment.
So, One would suppose there will be a blossom of RAD enviroments for native win code.
But I know about only one - Delphi, and Delphi is so unpopular.
How is that?
